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8. And be it enacted, That his act shall
take effect immediately.
Approved March IL, 1887.
CHAPTER. XVII.

luhaplaniS iheieOf Win pure ana whole
some water" passed March fifth, one
thousand eight hundred AMI eighty
four
/ erai Assembly Of the Sta e Of New jersey.
That whenever the board of water com
missioners of any town, Incorporated
borough, camp meeting ASSOCIATION or
other municipal commission of this State
shall f1nd that said sum of sixty thousand
dollars, provided for Ia the act to which
this Is supplement-. is insufficient for the
! purpose OF constructing and fully COM
! pieteing said water works, or that the
| water works and reservoirs, aqueducts,
| apparatus, erections, works. establishments
! and fixtures for supplying water Of any
such town, incorporated borough, camp
meeting association or other municipal
| com mission are inadequate to furnish a
sufficient quantity OF pure and who'll some
water for the purposes designated in and
and contemplated by said act, that then
the said board of water commissioners
shall report said fact to the board of COM
mlsioners or other governing board or body
OF such town, incorporated borough, camp
| meeting association or other municipal
commission, and it shall thereupon be the
| duty Of such board of commissioners or
aud appoint an election of the legal elect
| ors thereof to be held 10 such town, in
| corporated borough, camp meeting ass cia-
| ton or municipal commission to determine
whether an additional sum shall be rsised
| for said purpose, and If so, what sum, not
| exceeding, with the sum already appropri-
ated IN the whole one hundred thousand
dollars; of which election the clerk of such
town, incorporated borough, camp meet
| ing association or other municipal commits
| sion shall cause public notice of the time
and place o. holding the same to be given
by advertisements, signed by himself and
set up in at least FIVE public places ia sach
| town, incorporated borough, camp meet
| ink association or other municipal commits
/ sion, and publishes in one or more news
| papers, printed therein for at least six
days previous to the day of such election,
and said clerk shall provide for each cleo
tor voting at such election ballots, to be
| printed or written or partly printed and
/ partly written, on which shall be either
the words ssFor an additional appropri
alton for water supply under the provi-
sions of the act entitled "An act to enable
incorporated towns to construct water
works for the extinguishment of fires and
| supply the Inhabitants thereof with pure
and wholesome water aud the supple
tents thereto S - or against an adj
ditional appropriation for water supply
under the provisions of the act entitled
AN act TO enable Incorporated towns to
construct water works for the extinguish-
ment of fires and supply the inhabitants
! thereof with pure and wholesome water
and the supplements therefor" and that
the polls for such elections shall be- held
| at the same pl.css, and shall be opened
| and closed at the same hours, and such
election shall be conducted by the same
| officers and in the same manner, and such
officers shall return statement of the re-
suit of such election, which shall be en-
tered in the same manner as is prescribed
and provided for in the twentieth section
of the act to which this is a supplement.
2 AAd be it enacted, That should the
legal electors of such town, in orporated
borough, camp meeting association or
other municipal commission at such cleo
ton vote an additional sum for such wa
ter works. that it shall be the duty of the
board of commissioners or other governing
board or body of such town, Incorporated
borough, camp meeting association or
other municipal commission to issue the
bonds of said town, incorporated borough,
camp meeting association or other munich
pal commission for said sum, said bonds to
benr rate of interest not exceeding the
legal rate, payable semi-annually, the
principal thereof to be payable in thirty
years from the date thereof, or sooner, at
the option OF the said town, incorporated
borough, camp meeting association or
other municipal commission, aud it shall
be the duty of the treasurer, or other dis
bursting officer thereof, to make sale of the
bonds so issued at not less than their par
value, and to pay the proceeds of said
sales to said board of water commissioners.
to be by them appropriated according to
the provisions of said act.
3. And be it enacted, That it shall be
lawful for such board of water commits
sioners, when in their opinion they shall
deem it advisable, either before the con-
struction vt said water works or at any
time thereafter, to purchase any stream or
streams of water, we'll or wells of water. or
reservoirs, aqueducts, apparatus, works.
establishments or fixtures, or system or
partial system, of water works with the ap-
purtenances thereto belonging or attached,
owned by any person or persons or cor
| poration, and the same to consolidate with
and form part Of the water works system
of such town, Incorporated borough. camp
meeting association or othsr municipal
commission: provided, however. that such
proposed purchase and the terms thereof
shall be first reported by sush board OF
water commissioners to the board of COM
missioners or other governing board OF
body Of such town, incorporated boiough.
camp meeting association or other mEni-
cipal commission, and such purchase shall
| be ratified and directed by such board of
commissioners or other governing board or
body.
4 Aud be it enacted, Thai this act shall
take effect Immediately.
Approved March II, 1887.
CHAPTER XVIII.
A suppl ement to the act entitled can act